Secret bunker at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
VOV.VN -Measuring 40 square metres, the bomb shelter under the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel Hanoi is open free of charge to visiting hotel customers.
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While laying the foundation for a bar at Hanoi’s Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in 2011, construction workers uncover an air raid shelter constructed during the past war with the US. |
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Every day there are two tours for visitors to the tunnel, maximum 10 people per tour. |
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View of foyer tunnel more than 2 metres long, 6 rooms with two entrances, one below the pool and one at the hotel centre. Many celebrities including US actress Jane Fonda and Australian diplomat Bob Devereaux have sheltered here. |
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Entryways to the tunnel and connecting corridors between rooms are small, narrow and dark. For convenience, the bunker has ventilation and electrical systems. |
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The ventilation system ensures air for 40 guests for six days. |
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Australian diplomat Bob Deveraux carves his autograph on the wall back in 1975. |
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Construction workers find an old wine bottle, still-intact light bulbs, air ducts, graffiti all eerie echoes of a war that ends almost four decades ago. |
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In 2013, the bunker receives a UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation. |
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| Sofitel Legend Metropole is the oldest hotel in Hanoi, having opened in 1901. |
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Historical display area with images of guests like Charlie Chaplin, Angelina Jolie, writers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, actress Janes Fonda and many chiefs of state. |
